Word Of The Year
The word(s) of the year, sometimes capitalized as Word(s) of the Year and abbreviated WOTY or WotY, refers to any of various assessments as to the most important word(s) or expression(s) in the public sphere during a specific year.
Read more about Word Of The Year: American Dialect Society (U.S.), Global Language Monitor, Germany
Famous quotes containing the words word and/or year:
“Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?”
—Bible: New Testament, Matthew 11:3.
John the Baptist, by word of messenger, to Jesus.
““That corpse you planted last year in your garden,
“Has it begun to sprout? Will it bloom this year?
“Or has the sudden frost disturbed its bed?
“O keep the Dog far hence, that’s friend to men,
“Or with his nails he’ll dig it up again!”
—T.S. (Thomas Stearns)